2014 British Open Odds

2014 British Open Odds

The 2014 British Open will be the 143rd Open Championship and takes place at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Merseyside, England from July 17-20. Tiger Woods won the last time The Open was held at this course in 2006, finishing with a score of 270 and defeating Chris DiMarco by two strokes. Unfortunately there’s been a shortage of buzz surrounding the majors this year without Woods, but there should be plenty of hype for this one as this is just the second tournament since March that he’s has competed in.

Here’s a historical look at the pre-tournament odds for the British Open champions since Tiger last won it in 2006. We also included Tiger’s odds (via Bovada) for each of the tournaments because he was the prohibitive favorite in every single one he played in:

Year

Winning Golfer

Odds to Win

Tiger's Odds to win

2013

Phil Mickelson

+1800

+800

2012

Ernie Els

+3050

+1200

2011

Darren Clarke

+12500

DNP

2010

Louis Oosthuizen

+15000

+500

2009

Stewart Cink

+5000

+175

2008

Padraig Harrington

+1600

DNP

2007

Padraig Harrington

+2000

+225

2006

Tiger Woods

+600

+600

Despite not playing competitively for over 3 months and missing the cut at the Quicken Loans National, you can see that Tiger Woods opened as the early favorite yet again at this year’s British Open (odds via Sportsbook.com). However, over the last few days Justin Rose seems to have taken over as the favorite at a number of sportsbooks including 5Dimes and BetUS, while Adam Scott has cemented his place as the favorite at Sportsbook:

Golfer

Odds on 7/16/14

7/11/14

7/6/14

6/28/14

Adam Scott

+1200

+1200

+1500

+1500

Rory McIlroy

+1500

+1500

+1500

+1500

Henrik Stenson

+1500

+1800

+2200

+2200

Justin Rose

+1500

+2500

+2500

+3000

Tiger Woods

+1600

+1500

+1500

+1200

Martin Kaymer

+1800

+2000

+2000

+2000

Phil Mickelson

+2300

+2800

+2500

+2500

Sergio Garcia

+2500

+2500

+3000

+3500

Jason Day

+2800

+2500

+2500

+2500

Graeme McDowell

+2800

+2800

+4000

+4000

Rickie Fowler

+3000

+4000

+4000

+4500

Matt Kuchar

+3500

+3500

+4000

+4000

Lee Westwood

+3500

+3000

+3500

+3500

Dustin Johnson

+3500

+3500

+4000

+4000

Jordan Spieth

+3500

+3000

+2800

+2500

Ian Poulter

+4500

+4000

+4500

+4500

Luke Donald

+4500

+5500

+4500

+4500

Bubba Watson

+4500

+3500

+3500

+3500

Angel Cabrera

+5000

+5000

+11500

+11500

Zach Johnson

+5000

+6500

+6500

+6000

Brandt Snedeker

+5500

+5000

+5000

+5000

Paul Casey

+5500

+6500

+6000

+6000

Thomas Bjorn

+5500

+5500

+6500

+6500

Hideki Matsuyama

+5500

+6500

+6000

+6000

Charl Schwartzel

+6500

+6000

+6000

+6000

Louis Oosthuizen

+6500

+6500

+6000

+6000

Jim Furyk

+6500

+6500

+6000

+6000

Keegan Bradley

+6500

+6500

+6000

+6000

Francesco Molinari

+6500

+6500

+8000

+8500

Ernie Els

+6500

+6500

+6500

+6000

Jamie Donaldson

+6500

+6000

+8000

+8500

Jason Dufner

+6500

+5500

+5000

+5000

Hunter Mahan

+8500

+8000

+7000

+7000

Jimmy Walker

+8500

+8000

+10000

+10000

Stephen Gallacher

+8500

+11500

+15000

+15000

Victor Dubuisson

+8500

+8500

+8500

+8500

Miguel Angel Jimenez

+8500

+8500

+8500

+8500

Webb Simpson

+8500

+8500

+10000

+10000

Brandon Todd

+10000

+15000

+17500

+17500

Patrick Reed

+11000

+8500

+7000

+11500

Matteo Manassero

+11000

+13000

+11500

+11500

Graham DeLaet

+11000

+11000

+10000

+10000

Jonas Blixt

+11000

+10000

+11500

+11500

Shane Lowry

+11500

+17500

+17500

+17500

Gary Woodland

+11500

+11500

+11500

+11500

Ryan Moore

+11500

+11500

+11500

+11500

Harris English

+11500

+11500

+10000

+10000

Padraig Harrington

+13000

+11000

+10000

+10000

Martin Laird

+13000

+13000

+12500

+12500

Nicholas Colsaerts

+13000

+13000

+12500

+11500

John Senden

+13000

+13000

+11500

+11500

Billy Horschel

+13500

+13000

+12500

+12500

Kevin Na

+13500

+13000

+12500

+12500

Joost Luiten

+13500

+13000

+12500

+12500

Bill Haas

+13500

+11500

+11500

+11500

Chris Wood

+13500

+17500

+17500

+17500

Nick Watney

+15000

+13000

+12500

+17500

Marc Leishman

+15000

+13000

+12500

+17500

Ross Fisher

+15000

+15000

+12500

+12500

Thorbjorn Olesen

+15000

+13000

+12500

+12500

Branden Grace

+15000

+15000

+17500

+17500

KJ Choi

+15000

+12500

+15000

+17500

Retief Goosen

+17500

+17500

+17500

+17500

Bernd Wiesberger

+20000

+15000

+17500

+17500

Chris Kirk

+20000

+15000

+12500

+12500

Paul Lawrie

+20000

+20000

+17500

+17500

George Coetzee

+20000

+20000

+17500

+17500

Brooks Koepka

+20000

+15000

+15000

+15000

Brendon de Jonge

+20000

+15000

+12500

+12500

Fredrik Jacobson

+20000

+15000

+12500

+12500

Kevin Streelman

+25000

+17500

+17500

N/A

Richard Sterne

+25000

+17500

+17500

+17500

Matt Jones

+25000

+17500

+17500

+17500

Peter Uihlein

+25000

+25000

+17500

+17500

Over the last few weeks, these players have seen their odds to win the British Open move the most:

Henrik Stenson +1500 from +2200

Justin Rose +1500 from +3000

Graeme McDowell +2800 from +4000

Rickie Fowler +3000 from +4500

Angel Cabrera +5000 from +11500

Stephen Gallacher +8500 from +15000

Below are some notable tournament head-to-head matchups and line changes over the last week:

Sergio Garcia (-155 from -140) vs. Jordan Spieth (+125 from +110)

Adam Scott (-170 from -160) vs. Martin Kaymer (+140 from +130)

Henrik Stenson (-210 from -200) vs. Tiger Woods (+175 from +165)

Phil Mickelson -175 vs. Tiger Woods +145

Matt Kuchar (-150 from -155) vs. Rickie Fowler (+120 from +125)

Justin Rose -125 vs. Rory McIlroy -105

Finally, here are some props to look out for over the weekend:

Winning Score O/U: 275.5

Lowest Single Round Score O/U: 64.5

Tiger Woods Finishing Position: 39.5

Will Tiger Make the Cut?: Yes -215, No +175

Will there by a Hole-in-One?: Yes -115, No -115

Oddly enough, Henrik Stenson has the same odds to win the British Open as Tiger Woods, yet Stenson is a -210 favorite in their head-to-head tournament matchup. There also seems to be a decent amount of money on players like Justin Rose, Rickie Fowler, and Graeme McDowell, as their odds have moved significantly over the last couple of weeks.

Do you think Tiger makes a triumphant return at this major, or will someone else take the title at Royal Liverpool? Feel free to leave your comments and thoughts below.